Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Biography

Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born June 13, 1990) is an English actor. He is known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel, as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

As a child actor, he performed in films including Shanghai Knights (2003), The Illusionist (2006), and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). He had his breakthrough performance as John Lennon in the biopic Nowhere Boy (2009), directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, whom he married in 2012 and adopted the same surname (Taylor-Johnson) with. He followed this with roles in the crime thriller Savages (2012), the period drama Anna Karenina (2012), and the monster film Godzilla (2014).

For his performance as a psychopathic drifter in the thriller film Nocturnal Animals (2016), Taylor-Johnson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor—Motion Picture and earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has since appeared in the action films Tenet (2020), Bullet Train (2022), and The Fall Guy (2024).

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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Punching Through the Superhero Satire: The Audacious Spirit of Kick-Ass

on Kick-Ass | Aug 01, 2025

Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass (2010) bursts onto the screen with a kinetic audacity that both celebrates and skewers the superhero genre, blending hyper-violent spectacle with a surprising emotional core.... Read more

Shadows of Ambition: The Fractured Symphony of Avengers: Age of Ultron

on Avengers: Age of Ultron | Jul 27, 2025

Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon, is a cinematic juggernaut that teeters between exhilarating spectacle and narrative overload, its ambition both its greatest strength and its Achilles... Read more